PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Singer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximus Meridius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maximus Meridius is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Singer
vs
Meridius

190 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Singer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maximus Meridius!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meridius fails with the takedown
and Singer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Singer explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Meridius shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Singer's guard.
Meridius scoring with some ground and pound.
Meridius working some strikes from top position.
Meridius postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Meridius connects with a couple of short punches.
Singer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Meridius on the ground.
Singer controls Meridius momentarily but Meridius frees himself.
Meridius missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Singer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Meridius landing with the ground and pound.
Meridius passes Singer's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Singer actively working from the bottom here.
Singer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Meridius looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Singer throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Nice strikes from Meridius there.
Singer on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Meridius passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Meridius trying to control but Singer is having none of it.
Singer tries to hold on but Meridius pushes him away.
We've been hearing good reports from Singer's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meridius landing punches.
Meridius lands a heavy elbow.
Meridius raining down hammerfists from mount.
Meridius with a couple of short strikes.
Singer tries to hold on but Meridius pushes him away.
Meridius with the ground and pound from mount.
My spies in Animal House inform me that Meridius has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meridius raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Meridius pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Singer is rocked!
Meridius pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Singer is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Singer takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Meridius's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maximus Meridius!
In his post fight interview, Maximus Meridius gave a big smile as he said 'Are you entertained? Are you not entertained?!?!?'.